Enhancing teacher education through OER:
Active teaching and learning methods
Teaching strategy	Skills the teacher needs to makes this active and participatory for students	
Whole class interactive teaching	•	Ask a variety of types of question and know how to respond to pupils’ answers.
•	Provide clear explanations
•	Anticipate what pupils might find difficult	
Group work and pair work	•	Arrange the classroom so that students can talk to each other
•	Decide how to group the pupils
•	Design an appropriate activity for students to do in groups	
Demonstration	•	Organise the classroom so that all can see the demonstration
•	Use good questioning to maintain interest and promote learning
•	Plan equipment required in advance	
Building models	•	Being able to build a model 
•	Being clear about what pupils will learn by building a model	
Problem solving	•	Identifying a suitable topic, issue or problem to solve
•	Organise the classroom so that all can take part in a problem-solving activity	
Project work	•	Making sure information is available for students to use 
•	Identifying a suitable topic for a project which will support learning	
Storytelling, songs, role play and drama	•	Know some stories/songs relevant to the topic
•	Be able to relate a role paly to pupils’ learning	
Using local resources	•	Be aware of what resources are  available
•	Organising resources and materials in the classroom
•	Use materials to support learning	
Practical work	•	Plan equipment required in advance
•	Organise equipment in the classroom
•	Be able to carry out experiments 	
Assess learning to inform teaching 	•	Observation and listen skills
•	Know some specific strategies to elicit students’ ideas
•	Know how to respond to students’ ideas
•	Using  questions to support pupils and scaffold their thinking	
Giving feedback	•	Know some appropriate ways to encourage students
•	Know how students are  progressing
•	Know individuals’ strength and weakness so that they can be supported appropriately